my cargo train metaphor -- it takes a long time for the train to get up to speed. Once it gets up to speed, it can go anywhere -- but every interruption means starting over from a dead stop, and that takes more fuel, and sometimes I just run out before getting anywhere at all.

"But within proper aerospace circles, the suggestion of staging deep space missions in low-Earth orbit has become taboo because so many jobs are guaranteed by NASA’s long-term investments in the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. These development programs boast about having suppliers from all 50 states, which ensures widespread support in Congress." -- which is what's wrong with geography-based representation

https://www.cake.co/about - and another one: "On most social networks you follow people. On Cake you follow topics that fascinate you. We love our friends and family, but they don’t all share the same interests." (why not allow both, like virtually every other social network in existence except Mastodon?)